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Accessibility statement for Find business regulations

This accessibility statement applies to Find business regulations, which allows users to:

  • search for legislation, codes of practice and other requirements that regulate UK business activities
  • filter results by content type and publishing organisation

This website is run by the Department for Business and Trade. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We've also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know that the content we link to in this service is not fully accessible. For example:

  • some of the documents we link to are only available as PDFs and are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • some of the external websites we link to do not comply with web accessibility guidelines

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, contact find-business-regulations@businessandtrade.gov.uk

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, email find-business-regulations@businessandtrade.gov.uk

We'll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the 'accessibility regulations'). If you're not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website's accessibility

The Department for Business and Trade is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard. This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

We link to external websites. Some of the content on these does not comply with the accessibility regulations.

We plan to raise these issues with the owners of these external websites.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

We are seeking ways to raise these non-compliant issues with the owners of these external websites.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 22 January 2025. It was last reviewed on 26 February 2026.

This website was last tested on 17 April 2025 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. The test was carried out by DAC (Digital Accessibility Centre).